and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nearly 250,000 jobs here. through all of our energy operations, we invest more in the u.s. than any other place in the world. in fact, we've invested over $55 billion here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> in some parts of the u.s., kids are already back to school. in other parts, the first dizz are right around the corner. can retailers count on their back-to-school sales to boost revenues? 30 of them reporting this week. joining us with the pulse of the consumer is joel oldein from at kerney. we had a terrible spout of earnings last week from a number of retailers. macy's missing for the first time in 25 quarters. walmart not looking good as well. what's going on with retailers, and as we look at this week, where we look for earnings from them, are we going to see a lot of bad news? >> it's interesting this year. we're coming off a record 2012 back-to-school season. so expectations were pretty high. a lot of positive indications